ammonites
Palaeovespa florissantia Cockerell 1906 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58

Belongs to Palaeovespa according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1906

Sister taxa: Palaeovespa baltica, Palaeovespa gillettei, Palaeovespa scudderi, Palaeovespa wilsoni

Type specimen: Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 2026, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 25.0 x 8.8